Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is an adaptation of Tennessee Williams's classic 1950s drama set in the plantations of the American Deep South. Hypocrisy, greed and secret passions threaten to tear apart a dysfunctional family as they fight over a dying patriarch's millions.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Drama on 3 - R3 2008-03-16
Hypocrisy, greed and secret passions threaten to tear apart
a wealthy but dysfunctional family in Tennessee Williams's
explosive American masterpiece set in the deep South.
The play, produced here in it's original version, portrays
Maggie "the Cat", her alcoholic husband Brick and the family
patriarch Big Daddy in a hot-house of corruption and lies.
The drama is set against a backdrop of rampant 50's Cold War
anti-communism, white domination, racial segregation and
intense homophobia.
Big Daddy .................. Joss Ackland
Big Mama .................... Gemma Jones
Margaret ............. Elizabeth McGovern
Brick .................... Marcus D'Amico
Mae ..................... Alison Steadman
Gooper ..................... Clive Carter
Rev Tooker .................. Roy Dotrice
Dr Baugh .................... Kenneth Jay
Lacey ....................... Ben Onwukwe
The children ............. Polly Dartford, Christopher Earley, Zara Mandel, Tristan Pegg
Directed by Andy Jordan